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Provenance and Geochronology of Cenozoic Sandstones of Northern Borneo ⇑ M.W.A Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 76 (2013) 266–282 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Asian Earth Sciences journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jseaes Provenance and geochronology of Cenozoic sandstones of northern Borneo ⇑ M.W.A. van Hattum a, , R. Hall a, A.L. Pickard b, G.J. Nichols a a SE Asia Research Group, Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom b University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia article info abstract Article history: The Crocker Fan of Sabah was deposited during subduction of the Proto-South China Sea between the Available online 15 March 2013 Eocene and Early Miocene. Collision of South China microcontinental blocks with Borneo in the Early Miocene terminated deep water sedimentation and resulted in the major regional Top Crocker Unconfor- Keywords: mity (TCU). Sedimentation of fluvio-deltaic and shallow marine character resumed in the late Early Mio- Borneo cene. The Crocker Fan sandstones were derived from nearby sources in Borneo and nearby SE Asia, rather Palawan than distant Asian and Himalayan sources. The Crocker Fan sandstones have a mature composition, but Provenance their textures and heavy mineralogy indicate they are first-cycle sandstones, mostly derived from nearby Heavy minerals granitic source rocks, with some input of metamorphic, sedimentary and ophiolitic material. The discrep- Zircon geochronology ancy between compositional maturity and textural immaturity is attributed to the effects of tropical weathering. U–Pb ages of detrital zircons are predominantly Mesozoic. In the Eocene sandstones Creta- ceous zircons dominate and suggest derivation from granites of the Schwaner Mountains of southern Borneo. In Oligocene sandstones Permian–Triassic and Palaeoproterozoic zircons become more impor- tant, and are interpreted to be derived from Permian–Triassic granites and Proterozoic basement of the Malay Tin Belt. Miocene fluvio-deltaic and shallow marine sandstones above the TCU were mostly recycled from the deformed Crocker Fan in the rising central mountain range of Borneo. The provenance of the Tajau Sandstone Member of the Lower Miocene Kudat Formation in north Sabah is strikingly dif- ferent from other Miocene and older sandstones. Sediment was derived mainly from granitic and high- grade metamorphic source rocks. No such rocks existed in Borneo during the Early Miocene, but potential sources are present on Palawan, to the north of Borneo. They represent continental crust from South China and subduction-related metamorphic rocks which formed an elevated region in the Early Miocene which briefly supplied sediment to north Sabah. Ó 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction 2004; van Hattum et al., 2006). The Early Miocene was a period of collision of micro-continental fragments with the western edge The Eocene–Lower Miocene Crocker Fan of northern Borneo of Borneo, and cessation of deep marine sedimentation. Shortly (Fig. 1) represents one of the largest Paleogene sedimentary depos- after, and throughout the Neogene, vast amounts of siliciclastic its of SE Asia. Despite preservation of several kilometres of silici- sediments, estimated to be up to 12 km in thickness, were depos- clastic turbidite sandstones and shales, their provenance is ited in marginal basins on and around Borneo (Hamilton, 1979; largely unknown. Sedimentation of Crocker Fan in the Eocene be- Hall and Nichols, 2002). These sedimentary basins host important gan at about the same time as collision of India and Asia. Previous hydrocarbon occurrences. The provenance of these sediments is studies of SE Asia have suggested material may have been derived also poorly understood. from distant sources which could have included the eastern Although there has been work on the sedimentology of the Himalayas (Hamilton, 1979; Hall, 1996; Hutchison, 1996; Métivier Crocker Fan sediments, these have been concerned mainly with et al., 1999), whereas other studies have suggested that nearby depositional environment, and there have been few studies of source areas, possibly Borneo itself, may have been important composition and textures. The provenance characteristics of the (Hutchison et al., 2000; William et al., 2003; Hall and Morley, northern Borneo sandstones are discussed here based on analysis of detrital modes, heavy minerals, as well as determination of detrital zircon U–Pb ages. Neogene formations including the ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +60 123313872. E-mail addresses: [email protected], [email protected] Meligan and Setap Shale Formations of SW Sabah and the Kudat (M.W.A. van Hattum). Formation (Fig. 2) of northern Sabah were also studied. Although 1367-9120/$ - see front matter Ó 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.02.033 M.W.A. van Hattum et al. / Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 76 (2013) 266–282 267 Fig. 1. Simplified regional geological map of Borneo and nearby SE Asia. these formations were deposited at the same time (Early Miocene) 2012). Sundaland was an extensive continent during the Cenozoic in a similar depositional environment and climate, their sandstone and was largely emergent land during eustatic lowstands and gla- characteristics are very different, and reflect important differences cial intervals. Despite the present flat surface and shallow seas cov- in provenance. ering the Sunda Shelf it has been a tectonically active area, and The identification of source areas for the Crocker Fan and Neo- includes many deep sedimentary basins containing large volumes gene sandstones helps to constrain sediment availability and path- of clastic sediment (Hall and Morley, 2004). ways, and provides new insights in the tectonic setting of northern The Indochina Block forms much of Indochina and extends from Borneo between the Eocene and Miocene. A unique feature of Bor- the continental shelf of Vietnam westwards across Cambodia to neo is that it experienced a humid tropical climate throughout the the western uplifted margin of the Khorat Basin of Thailand Cenozoic. Tropical weathering during source erosion and sediment (Hutchison, 1989). Granites and granodiorites occur throughout transport was found to have a more profound influence on the the Indochina block (Metcalfe, 1996), and span a wide age range. characteristics of sandstones than is often assumed. This study Palaeozoic granites in NE Indochina have ages which are predom- has identified some of the limitations of provenance studies on inantly Silurian, but other batholiths are younger, at 250–190 Ma. sandstones that have experienced tropical weathering. In the southern part of the Indochina block there are Jurassic and Cretaceous plutons (Hutchison, 1989). 2. Geological background Lower Palaeozoic sediments are generally absent from Indo- china. The Indochina Block was emergent during the Devonian Northern Borneo (Fig. 1) lies in an area of complex Cenozoic and Carboniferous, and locally continental sediments were depos- convergence at the Eurasian margin influenced by relative motions ited. Carboniferous–Permian limestones were deposited to the of the Indian–Australian, Pacific and Philippine Sea plates north and west of the Kontum Massif, and Permian shallow marine (Hamilton, 1979; Hutchison, 1989; Hall, 1996, 2002, 2012). The clastic sediments were deposited at the peripheries of the Indo- continental core of SE Asia, consisting of peninsular Malaysia, china landmass. Mesozoic sediments are widespread in Indochina, Thailand, SW Borneo and Sumatra, and shallow marine shelf areas often within fault-bounded grabens, where they include between, is referred to as Sundaland (Fig. 1), and includes sandstones, mudstones and volcaniclastics. Cenozoic sediments abundant granitic rocks. This composite region of continental are typically continental and coal-bearing, and are developed in blocks is formed of fragments that separated from Gondwana at local depressions. Widely distributed Cenozoic basalts indicate various times, drifted northward across the Tethys, and accreted episodes of rifting (Hutchison, 1989). to the Eurasian continent in successive stages during the Late The eastern Himalayas contain continental blocks that were Palaeozoic and Mesozoic (Metcalfe, 1996; Hall and Sevastjanova, once part of Gondwana, prior to Carboniferous–Permian separa- 268 M.W.A. van Hattum et al. / Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 76 (2013) 266–282 Fig. 2. Onshore stratigraphy of NW Borneo and interpreted equivalent major unconformities offshore. tion. These terranes are characterised by platform Palaeozoic suc- and Cenozoic (Krähenbuhl, 1991; Kwan et al., 1992; Cottam cessions, in places covering Precambrian basement, which is usu- et al., in press). ally not exposed (Hutchison, 1989). The eastern Himalayas, like Borneo is suggested to be the product of Mesozoic and some areas in Indochina, have a high concentration of rift-, subduc- Cenozoic accretion of ophiolitic, island arc and microcontinental tion- and collision-related granite batholiths (Mitchell, 1979). The fragments onto Sundaland (Hamilton, 1979; Hutchison, 1989; major magmatic arc of the Himalayas is the Gandise or Transhima- Metcalfe, 1996; Hall et al., 2008; Hall, 2012; Hall and layan batholith system. It contains a variety of granites with ages Sevastjanova, 2012). Extensive granitoid plutons and associated from Cretaceous to Eocene (Maluski et al., 1983). volcanics form the Schwaner Mountains in southern Borneo. The India–Asia collision is widely
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